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{{short description|Indian politician|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}}{{Use Indian English|date=December 2015}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| successor = [[Chirag Paswan]]
| office = [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]]
| constituency = [[Jamui (Lok Sabha constituency)|Jamui]]
| office2 = [[Member of Legislative Assembly (India)|Member]] of [[Bihar Legislative Assembly]]
| constituency2 = [[Dhoraiya (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Dhoraiya]]
| successor2 = [[Manish Kumar]]
| predecessor2 = Naresh Das
| termend = 2014
| termstart = 2009
| termend2 = 2009
| termstart2 = 2000
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1960|02|01}}
| spouse = Indrani Choudhary (m. 1997)
| party = [[Rashtriya Janata Dal]] (2020 -Present)
| otherparty =
*[[Janata Dal (United)]] (till 2014)
*[[Rashtriya Lok Samata Party]](2014-2020)
}}
'''Bhudeo Choudhary''' (alternatively '''Bhudev Choudhary''';<ref name=":1" /> born 1 February 1960<ref>{{cite web| title = Profile of Members| work = Government of India| url = http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/Members/Biography.aspx?mpsno=4476| access-date = 8 March 2012| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120101015457/http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/Members/Biography.aspx?mpsno=4476| archive-date = 1 January 2012| url-status = dead}}</ref>) is an Indian politician and former [[member of parliament]]. He has been the state president of the [[Rashtriya Lok Samata Party]] in [[Bihar]] till September 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.livehindustan.com/bihar/story-rlsp-state-committee-announced-bhudeo-choudhary-again-became-state-president-2821677.html|title=रालोसपा की प्रदेश कमेटी की घोषणा, भूदेव चौधरी फिर बने प्रदेश अध्यक्ष|date=29 October 2019|website=[[Live Hindustan]]|language=hindi|url-status=live|access-date=2020-04-22}}</ref> Prior to the Bihar Assembly Elections 2020, he joined [[Rashtriya Janata Dal]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ind.news/bihar-rlsp-president-bhudeo-chaudhary-joins-rjd/|title= Bihar RLSP president Bhudeo Chaudhary joins RJD|website=ind.news|access-date=2020-09-30}}</ref> He has also been the representative of the [[Dhauraiya (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Dhauraiya constituency]] in the [[Bihar Legislative Assembly]] from 2000 to 2009. Choudhary was elected to the [[Indian parliament]] in 2009 for one term as the representative of the [[Jamui (Lok Sabha constituency)|Jamui constituency]]. He is a former member of the [[Janata Dal (United)]].

== Political career ==
Bhudeo Choudhary had contested the [[Dhauraiya (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Dhauraiya constituency]] of the [[Bihar Legislative Assembly]] in 1990 as an independent candidate and in 1995 as the candidate of the [[Samata Party]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3897-bihar-1990/|title=Bihar 1990|website=[[Election Commission of India]]|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3899-bihar-1995/|title=Bihar 1995|website=[[Election Commission of India]]|url-status=live}}</ref> Choudhary was elected as a representative in the legislative assembly for the first time in 2000. He was then a member of the Samata Party and became the representative of the Dhauraiya constituency.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3900-bihar-2000/|title=Bihar 2000|website=[[Election Commission of India]]|url-status=live}}</ref> After the merger of the Samata Party into the [[Janata Dal (United)]],<ref>{{cite news|last=Menon|first=Paravathi|url=http://www.frontlineonnet.com/fl2108/stories/20040423006701900.htm|title=Janata Parivar's home base|date=23 April 2004|newspaper=Frontline Magazine|access-date=19 April 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080103051657/http://www.frontlineonnet.com/fl2108/stories/20040423006701900.htm|archivedate=3 January 2008}}</ref> he was re-elected to the seat in the February and October elections of 2005 as the candidate of the Janata Dal (United).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3901-bihar-2005/|title=Bihar 2005|website=[[Election Commission of India]]|url-status=live}}</ref>

Choudhary was elected to the [[Indian parliament]] from the [[Jamui (Lok Sabha constituency)|Jamui constituency]] in the [[2009 Indian general election]] as a member of the Janata Dal (United) and a nominee of the [[National Democratic Alliance]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.news18.com/news/politics/jamui-election-results-2019-live-updates-winner-loser-leading-trailing-2154257.html|title=Jamui Election Results 2019 Live Updates: Chirag Kumar Paswan of LJP Wins|date=2019-05-23|website=[[News18]]|url-status=live|access-date=2020-04-22}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Singh|first=Abhay|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/new-rivals-to-make-interesting-contest-in-jamui/articleshow/68660107.cms|title=Bihar: New rivals to make interesting contest in Jamui|date=1 April 2019|work=[[The Times of India]]|url-status=live}}</ref> Following his election, he resigned from his seat in the Bihar Legislative Assembly.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/latest-headlines/story/bihar-set-for-a-mini-election-51268-2009-07-02|title=Bihar set for a mini election|last=Srivastava|first=Amitabh|date=2 July 2019|website=India Today|language=en|url-status=live|access-date=2020-04-22}}</ref> He is noted to have criticised the 2011 [[Union budget of India|Union Budget of India]] with a rhyme stating "If you drive a car, I will tax the street. If you try to sit, I will tax the seat. If you get too cold, I will tax the heat. If you take a walk, I will tax your feet."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.livemint.com/Opinion/qDpSMlY8QSYqS5HCbulXTL/No-country-for-humour.html|title=No country for humour|last=Vasudev|first=Shefalee|date=2016-07-01|website=[[Livemint]]|language=en|url-status=live|access-date=2020-04-22}}</ref> Choudhary remained as a sitting member of parliament of the Janata Dal (United) till 2014,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/national/bihar-bjp-resists-paswans-return-to-nda-fold/article20731654.ece|title=Bihar BJP resists Paswan’s return to NDA fold|date=25 February 2014|website=[[Business Line]]|language=en|url-status=live|access-date=2020-04-22}}</ref> but the party denied him candidacy to stand for re-election in the [[2014 Indian general election]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://eci.gov.in/files/category/97-general-election-2014/|title=General Election 2014|website=[[Election Commission of India]]|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/story/political-turncoats-take-over-bihar-185782-2014-03-22|title=Political turncoats take over Bihar|last=Jha|first=Giridhar|date=22 March 2014|website=[[India Today]]|language=en|url-status=live|access-date=2020-04-22}}</ref>

He contested the Dhauraiya constituency for the sixth time as a candidate [[Rashtriya Lok Samata Party]] in the [[2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election]] but failed to secure the seat.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3904-bihar-2015/|title=Bihar 2015|website=[[Election Commission of India]]|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2016, he was nominated as the state president of the [[Bihar]] unit of the [[Rashtriya Lok Samata Party]]'s by the party's national president, [[Upendra Kushwaha]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/kushwaha-names-bhudeo-choudhary-as-rlsp-bihar-president-116091800764_1.html|title=Kushwaha names Bhudeo Choudhary as RLSP Bihar president|date=2016-09-18|work=[[Business Standard]]|access-date=2020-04-22|url-status=live}}</ref> The nomination was met with dissent in the party from the rebelling faction of [[Arun Kumar (Bihar politician)|Arun Kumar]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/upendra-kushwaha-re-elected-rlsp-chief-3050095/|title=Upendra Kushwaha re-elected RLSP chief|last=Mishra|first=Anand|date=2016-09-26|website=[[The Indian Express]]|language=en-US|url-status=live|access-date=2020-04-22}}</ref> Choudhary contested the Jamui constituency seat in the [[2019 Indian general election]] but was defeated by [[Chirag Paswan]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/lok-sabha-2019/story/party-to-decide-if-chirag-paswan-should-be-given-ministerial-post-in-modi-s-cabinet-ram-vilas-paswan-1530627-2019-05-20|title=Party to decide if Chirag Paswan should be given ministerial post in Modi’s cabinet: Ram Vilas Paswan|last=Jha|first=Sujeet|date=20 May 2019|website=[[India Today]]|language=en|url-status=live|access-date=2020-04-22}}</ref>

== Controversy ==

=== Land grabbing case ===
Bhudeo Choudhary has been involved in a land grabbing case in Kazichak, [[Banka district]]. A [[first information report]] (FIR) had been lodged against Choudhary which stated that he had forced the claimant of a property to vacate the premises by threatening him with an unlicensed revolver in the presence of a mob which included police personnel and administrative officers and then demolished the property after attaining possession. The report alleged that documents for the sale of the property was forged with the help of [[undue influence]] in favor of his wife, Indrani Choudhary when he was the [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of the Legislative Assembly]] from the constituency. The report also claimed that a death certificate of the wife of the original owner had been forged to deny her rights to the property after her husband had died. The FIR had named Bhudeo Choudhary, his wife, a [[Deputy Collector|deputy collector]] and over 50 other people, some of whom were unidentified.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.prabhatkhabar.com/state/bihar/79465|title=सांसद भूदेव पर प्राथमिकी का आदेश|date=11 January 2014|website=[[Prabhat Khabar]]|language=hi|url-status=live|access-date=2020-04-22}}</ref>

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[[Category:1960 births]]
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[[Category:15th Lok Sabha members]]
[[Category:Lok Sabha members from Bihar]]
[[Category:Janata Dal (United) politicians]]
[[Category:Samata Party politicians]]
[[Category:Rashtriya Lok Samata politicians]]
[[Category:Bihar MLAs 2020–2025]]

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